Shilpa Shailendra Ashar and 2 Ors. v. Shailendra Laxmidas Ashar (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Letters of Administration; Indian Succession Act 1925; Hindu Succession Act 1956; Rule 396 and Rule 397(1)(4) Bombay High Court (O.S.) Rules 1980; testamentary petition; uncontested petition; citation publication; notice to Collector; surety bond exemption; caveat and cross-petition verification; deceased Shailendra Laxmidas Ashar; petitioners Shilpa Shailendra Ashar, Mahek Shailendra Ashar, Maulik Shailendra Ashar; advocate Sachin Kamble; T.P. No. 2918/2023.
What did the court decide?
Petition allowed; Letters of Administration granted to the petitioners for the properties left by the deceased and shown in the schedule, in prescribed format under the Indian Succession Act, 1925; petitioners directed to file an account as undertaken in the Petitioner's Oath within stipulated period; before issuance of the grant the office to verify that no cross petition is pending or caveat resisting the petition is filed.